The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-10-15
St. Landry Farmers Union
Bic CANE, La, Oct. 5, 1887

Bic CANE, La, Oct. 5, 1887.
By order OF the President, the Farmers
Union of st. Landry met III convention az tnie
place Representatives from niue subordl'
nate unious were present.
The following resolutions were offered by
T. J Hough and adopted:
on CONSTITUTION
lat. Resolved by the Parish Farmers lyon
parish of st. Landry, La, that We heartily en-
dorse Art. LIST Sec. | of the Constitution suo-
mitted for our ratification that the word or
term Alliance is national as to the 'armers
organizations, while that of Union" Is local
and belongs only to our State; we believe
that one name should be adopted for all the
farmers organizations. to give harmony TO the
order, as we'll us uniformity,
I'd We object 10 section I'd article lst CIV
ing only Que del iegate to each parish; We De,
lieve that representation to popu latlon shou!d
be fixed according to numbers OF membership
in each parish.
Sd. We protest against section I'd article
9th, providing for ballotting; we do not oe-
lieye one black ball should reject, nor that the
person casting that bali should inform the
President or that the President sbouid oe
compelled 20 give the reason why the o'ach
bali appeared. 49,, .o,os.
ed new Constitution, because it is undemo'
cratic, contrary to the spirit OF our inst!tutlons
and opens the door for future contention ahu
perhaps disruption. We consider our CONS,
tition as our fundamental law, one that should
not be changed or altered by delegated auIho,
rity, out only by vote OF the mefnoe III 'o'"
Upious assembled
5lL. Therefore this body requests tue local
Uuious Of this parish to vote against the pro.
posed new Constitution aud requests Vne Ee4'
annual Farmers State Union to submit Con
stitutiou changing the name TO FARMERS al
liauce,' leaving out tue Objectionable features
aud making same to CONFORM 10 tue sp'i'' VI
cur State society.
PARISH FAIR
Resolved, that it is the belief OF tnis Ea'isl
Farmers Union, that a Parish Fair Woulo pt
| beneficial to the interest OF the farmers ane
all other classes of people; that IL "oun
build up the material aua social felausons " v
the country and result in general good 10 so
ciety. nav,
| Resolved, that the President appoint com
| mittee of nine, whose business 1t sbail 90 U
forward this interest By opening suoscflp
ton for stock in the fair; to canvass the mat
ter before the people, aud take such steps
| tbey NAV deem necessary to lnaugurate AM
perfect a Parish Fair Association, and to car
nv the matter out to fual consummatlon.
| The following committee was appointed o
the President: M. L. Swords, Alex ,Stagg' a
Dimmick, A. NJ. Goodwin, J. K. Williams; y,
NJ. Milton, John Guillory, D. H. Quirk, w. "
Il Scott. 7. j. HOugh.
At 3 O'clock the convention adjourned till
O'Clock to partake of a sumptuous repast pre-
pared by the ladies of Big Cane. It has neVe
been the lot of any member of the Union to '
more cordially received than by the iao,es an
gentlemen of Big Cane. The public hayin
been invited, the house was called to .ordesl
President Hough spoke at length on the d
claration of purposes set forth in the Constlt'
tion of the Farmers Union. He stated IN mo- ..
eloquent terms the necessity of reform in IL
administration of the laws OF Louislan
Lynn Tanner lad lengthy and lpteres!lL
ESSAY ON the New South" He malntalne
that this term was misnomer used by o.
eueinies. The old South would compare
vorably with any netion on earth.
The Convention then adjourned to meet
Opelousas in January, 1888.
AIEy stage Secretary.